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Promotional brochure
Hotel Zlata Hvezda (Golden Star) is right under Prague Castle, on the way from the
castle to the river and Charles Bridge. You can have beautifull wiev to the old Prague
and ancient houses on "Mala Strana" from the hotel windovs. There are now words to describe
special atmosphere of this hotel and area. All the rooms offers high standart equipment
like satelite TV, minibars and other high standart facilities.
Newsletter
Agency awarded certificates of quality to ten project presenters last March. Their projects
were evaluated by independant judges who found their project to be best. Agency, unlike not
many agencies in Europe, is going to support this way quality improvement of projects, spread
of information about benefits of these projects and increase awareness about the program.
Because first round of giving awards was well accepted among environmental professionals and
brought other experience, started agency its second round.
Magazine article
In the Introduction gives the author a short survey of the development of the theology of the
Aššur-tradition on the background of the Sargonid’s Babylonian policy. Then follows Part I of
the book which contains a detailed analysis of SargonÂ’s, SinacheribÂ’s and AsarhaddonÂ’s attitude
to the Marduk’s and Aššur’s cult and their dealings with the complicated political problem of
Babylonia. Chapters devoted to each king are complemented with 9 excurses dealing with some
interesting details which are not directly connected with the main thema but relevant to it.
Curriculum vitae
In my working activities I was engaged not only in the building of Intranet and other types of
specialized nets, but also in their operation and management. I have the experience in training
the in regard to the position top management of Czech air force headquarters, and also referring
to my position in the computing center of the above headquarters. Nextly my working activity was
envolving the subordinate units in the field of development and loading the information systems.
Website
Since tomorrow you can make use of Free Trial Period obtained on account of your order. If you do
not send us during this period an e-mail cancelling ordered services then you receive an invoice
for these services at the end of this term, and so you become our customer. You receive an invoice
by e-mail and after you make payment, you receive also the proof of payment by e-mail.
